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Dean's News & Events Newsletter | 44th Edition
June 2026
Jun 03, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
School of Medicine Grad Day: Welcome to the Zotscars!
Graduate students got the red-carpet treatment, becoming celebrities for a day while spotlighting research achievements and socializing with faculty, staff and alumni at this year’s Oscars-themed Grad Day.
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May 29, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Save the Brain, Kill the Cancer: Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Treatment for Glioblastoma Patients
UC Irvine researchers find that human neural stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) improve cognitive function following glioma chemoradiation therapy.
May 28, 2026 | Medscape
Conference MDAngle: AHS2026 Migraine Treatment
Nan Cheng, assistant professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine said, “The AHS Scientific Meeting is my favorite meeting of the year because this is really where the latest, hottest science for headache medicine is shown.
May 28, 2026 | ScienceDaily
Forget LASIK: Safer, Cheaper Vision Correction Without Lasers or Surgery
Researchers from Occidental College and the University of California, Irvine have been developing an experimental technique called electromechanical reshaping (EMR). … "The whole effect was discovered by accident," explains Brian Wong, a professor and surgeon at the University of California, Irvine. "I was looking at living tissues as moldable materials and discovered this whole process of chemical modification."
May 28, 2026 | Being Patient
Treating Alzheimer's Before Memory Loss Begins
Joshua Grill joins us to discuss how new blood tests and biomarkers are changing the way researchers identify Alzheimer’s disease, including the possibility of detecting disease-related brain changes years before memory loss begins. … Grill is the director of UCI MIND and co-director of UC Irvine’s NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
May 28, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
School of Medicine Class of 2026: Changemakers Ready to Reimagine Care
May 16 kicked off commencement season for the UC Irvine School of Medicine, with Dean Michael J. Stamos welcoming the MD class of 2026 — and their biggest supporters — to the Bren Events Center.
May 26, 2026 | BBC – Science Focus Magazine
Feeling Just 'Meh' About Life? It Could Be Anhedonia - Here's How to Reverse It
In past decades, researchers defined anhedonia as simply the loss of the ability to feel pleasure. More recent work has slightly expanded that definition, says Prof Diego Pizzagalli, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine.